Lost: Princess Of Buya - Reward!
Copyright© 2007 by GLSGareth
Chapter 13
The Buyan Palace was quiet again, finally, after all the celebrations for the return of the Princess and the recovery of the King. The two of them had stood hand and hand for hours, before the relieved crowd, until the King had proclaimed he wanted some private time with his daughter and chased us all outside.
Alladin had disappeared as soon as we had left the caverns, probably to learn more spells. He had been terribly impressed by his new friend Blaster and awestruck by my wife's capabilities. I hoped he wouldn't forget his cooking... the boy had talent, just ask the Hermit, who had shown up briefly at the celebration (wearing a robe!).
M'hul was organizing a search for Morgan. Unfortunately, no one really knew him. He seemed to come from nowhere and disappeared back there. M'hul wasn't likely to give up, though. I think he was a little taken with the Princess' strength of character, shown by surviving her captivity. He will catch Morgan, eventually, I'd bet. And bring Lasahn his head, no doubt!
The entire Kingdom hailed the Princess for her courage. I was happy to see she took the praise in stride. Perhaps her ordeal would help raise her popularity.
Pteri and I found a quiet corner of the Palace's grounds for a picnic. I stretched out in my peasant robes, back propped up against a tree and pretended I was back in my grove. Pteri lay with her head on my lap, watching the clouds.
"You know, I really could go for some of those sausages from Walsuk's tavern," I said, chuckling.
"Even Lasahn won't eat those, "Pteri said, closing her eyes, "And she had nothing to eat for two weeks but rat!"
"Lucky for her, too," I replied, "If she hadn't been eating rats, we never would have found a way to get her out of that cell."
"I still say it was risky," Pteri commented, "Using that spell to GIVE a rat the key and releasing it, hoping it would wander into her cell. How did you know it would even go there?"